Word: gain
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...rates at the law schools of the Universities of California and Texas dropped to 1963 levels once those schools were "ordered not to consider the race of their applicants" [Nation, June 2]. This development suggests that the real problem for minorities is getting a proper education so they can gain admission to college based on merit. The difference in the quality of education prior to college is the fundamental problem that affirmative action is neglecting...
...such a change would require the consent of voters in western Canada. There the Reform Party leader, Preston Manning, campaigned specifically against such constitutional recognition for Quebec. In Canada's new Parliament, that position is likely to gain currency. "We have seen the true face of the rest of Canada, and it is Preston Manning," said a former Quebec politician last week...
...those shares, along with all the new Baby Bell shares and their spin-offs, and reinvested all dividends would today own shares in 11 companies and have a package worth $58,396, according to a study by the brokerage Edward D. Jones. That amounts to an average annual gain of 18.4%, vs. 16.3% for the Standard & Poor's 500 in the same period. Few professional money managers have done so well...
Spend some other portion of the day in idleness, ardent and blissful idleness. Young people today work too hard, are worked too hard, for no purpose but someone else's gain. At the same time, keep up your love of sports. (I know I hardly have to tell you that.) Sports are about clean victories and perpetual renewals; every old game has a definite end, and every new one is a world reborn. Jogging is nice, but be sure to play something you can win. Winning is nicer...
...fundamentalist parties captured 103 seats, giving the country's Islamic movement a potentially important foothold once again in Algerian politics. More than 60,000 have been killed in the struggle between the government and the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) since the Islamic party, which looked sure to gain control of the government in the 1992 elections, was outlawed after an army coup. Although the FIS is still party non grata, Zeroual has agreed to allow opposition from moderate fundamentalist parties as long as they removed Islamic references from their names and platforms and renounced violence. Zeroual was looking...